Music Video: Scissors + Fire

In case you missed it, the music video for my latest single, "Scissors + Fire" premiered over at The Wild Magazine yesterday. Hope you like it!

Music updates & Me at the Hotel Cafe on 6/28

Just checking in to tell you about my upcoming show and the premiere of the music video for "Scissors + Fire" this Saturday June 28th at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. 9pm sharp! It is 21+ unfortunately but I am working on an all-ages show soon - I promise!

Tickets are $10 but I am donating my cut to Best Friends LA - a network of NO KILL animal shelters here in LA and across the country.  More info about the show here HERE!

Also, if you are interested in reading a lovely little write up about my new album and streaming my latest single then do head over to my pals at FreeBikeValet Music Blog

Back soon! x

it's 2013 montage time!!

As is tradition here on Don Juan's Reckless Daughter,  I thought it was high time that I did my 2013 year in review.  Going back over this year's posts only reminded me that it's been a fairly quiet year here on ye old blogge but it's been so far from that in my day to day life - let me tell you! Between music, music, music, travel and several other endeavors my free time has been next to nil.  As you may know, I started the year off by releasing my very first EP, Deal from the Bottom, making a video vignette for my first single and playing many shows.  By about April it was clear that I wanted to finish writing and recording a full-length album and that lead to my decision to launch a Kickstarter Campiagn back in June. Thank you to all of you lovely readers who contributed to making that a success.  You know who you are and you are my moon and stars! The album comes out in the next month and I could not be any more excited or nervous to share it with you! but... I will have to save that for another post. 

As I was compiling photos it dawned on me that 2013 was a great year for my vintage collection. The only issue being that nearly none of it got any DJRD screen-time and I should remedy that in 2014. Our little house in the hills (with no closet space) is now filled to the brim. Some day soon, I wager, "the Brit" and I shall be sleeping on piles vintage dresses, antique costumes and feathers. Though, lets be honest, there are fates far worse that that! 

2013 was a huge year for me and I am so excited to dive into 2014!!  I hope all of you had a splendid holiday and I wish you the very best in 2014!  It's crazy to think back to 2008 when I started this blog…so many people from the very beginning are still popping by but there are so many lovely new faces introducing themselves.  Thanks for sticking it out even when the blog got put on the back burner!

Much love,

Meg 

another canyon lady

Just a couple of outtakes from a mini-photo excursion around the Canyon this past weekend.  "The Brit" is working on a series of photos for a show later this year and I tagged along, as usual!  It's old news to causal readers of my blog that I am in love with my little neighborhood tucked away in the hills of a city that even on my best days I feel a bit at odds with.  I am so lucky to have fallen into living in the Canyon, which is exactly how it happened four years ago!  Meanwhile, I've been reeeeally bad at taking photos with my beloved new camera (for shame) but I thought I would share these with you mostly because I looooove this new vintage dress I found over at Light Witch vintage a couple of weeks ago. I highly recommend checking the shop out!

back soon my dears...

xMeg

la fête d'anniversaire

As promised, LOTS more photos from Bean's & my joint birthday party last weekend. I am afraid it is birthday week here on my blog because my actual birthday isn't even until Saturday!

The night before my little sister (sadly not pictured - oops), Bean and I got started on the decorations. We may have gone the slightest bit overboard but, really, can you ever have too many streamers?

We also had plenty of nibbles ready for our guests...

 

including the most delicious cupcakes in the universe from Magnolia Bakery ( I don't even like cupcakes so this is saying something!)

And so, we were ready for our guests!

sam & kristin appeared...

of course, "the Brit" and little lola were there (they didn't have to go far, they live with me).

 Derek came too...

voila...c'est moi!

I also had a special visitor who happened to be in town from NYC... little miss Sandra!

She was here visiting her boyfriend Ludvig who lives in LA now...

*Sandra took the above photo ^ and has posted some beautiful photos on her blog too.

We had set up a little photobooth in the kitchen so people could take their own pictures.

 

some of the photo-booth pictures...

We had a bit of a games theme around the house (which you may have noticed)
Jenga, which I lost right after this photo was snapped.

fishing game

the pups watched us play...

 The party lasted into the early morning hours. a success, by all accounts!

^photo by Sandra

*thanks to Kristin for commandeering my camera so I could actually be in some of the photos ;)

how to entertain sans a voice (eleven easy steps)

Earlier in the week "the Brit" and I had our friends, Nick & Paz over for dinner. The only problem was that my voice was still missing  (it had been 9 days at that point).  Needless to say, I was mildly apprehensive about how I was going to manage to stay a part of the dinner conversation, etc without a voice.   I managed to figure it out in the end...

Step one: ignore that you have no voice and start to clean house and cook...

two: in lieu of yelling at the cat to get off of the table, CLAP really loud...it works like a charm!

three: decide it's probably best to find an interpreter and get your interpreter to make you several large cups of tea pre-dinner...

four: drink tea and fix yourself up so that at least you don't appear sick...

five: they're here! welcome your company and immediately distract them with glasses of wine and small animals...

six: replace distractions. this time use more wine, colorful bowls of salad and homemade Thai pizza...

step seven: change it up - let the company distract you...with the desert they brought. (yum)

step eight: Ok, ok. time to bite the bullet and use whatever whispers you can muster to join in some talking!

nine: let the boys show off their new guitars and vintage eyeglasses...

ten: make the newbie take a self-portrait for the Polaroid wall...

and step eleven: indulge each other in photo-taking (obviously, you can't say "cheese" so use hand signals :) then say goodnight!

Congratulations! You did it. Now sleep tight with bellies full of wine and yummy food.

My voice is almost fully recovered. thankfully! It's a frustrating thing to lose your voice. Have a lovely weekend and be well!

xoxo

dress down vs. dress up

Lately, a few of my favorite bloggers have posted (and challenged others to post) photos of themselves in casual clothing, the kind that one wouldn't normally post on one's blogs; Something you'd wear at home on a lazy Sunday, for example.   I thought this was an interesting idea but then I realized that I tend to look "overdressed" even when I dress down and some people might get the impression that alot of time goes into that look. But here's a little secret... it doesn't.  I generally throw on things that are comfortable without being sloppy AND since I'm perpetually running five minutes late, I do want to emphasize these outfits are seriously thrown on. Anyhow, I thought I'd change it up a little and add another dimension to the post by including a second set of photos of me dressed up.   This is mainly because I've had several requests to post more photos of my New Years Eve dress (AKA the Mummy) and have let a month go by without making good on my promise! so sorry.

This is what I wore when I ran out this morning to grab a coffee at the laurel canyon store. *prep-time: 2 minutes:

jeans: siwy (gilt), sweater: UO (mens xs - yay!), duckboots: vintage llbean

quick change...

(sidenote: I  really need to repaint my toes! :) )

And for a dressy night out...

the mummy dress: by deep in vogue, jewelry: gifts, hair flower: topshop, heels: xxi

Not to give excuses, but I am a bit under the weather (cough, cough) so I, honestly, might have styled the second outfit a bit more if I were actually going out and not just playing dress up for you wonderful people! :) xx

Yann Tiersen - -  Comptine d´un Autre été: L´Aprés Midi